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ORGANIZATION  G/ADP/W/473 
9 September 2009 
 (09-4291) 
Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices  
  
 
MINIMUM INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED UNDER ARTICLE 16.4  
OF THE AGREEMENT IN THE REPORTS ON ALL PRELIMINARY  
OR FINAL ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
Draft Revision
 
 
Note from the Chairperson  
  
 As the Committee is aware, at the informal  consultations held on 25 June 2009, the 
Committee discussed the issue of introducing an a dditional paragraph to the minimum information 
format, adopted by the Committee on 25 October 200 6, to encourage Members to attach, in an 
electronic form, publicly available document(s) cont aining the relevant decision(s) made by the 
investigating authority in its original language, even if such language was not a WTO official 
language.  The said paragraph, illustrated in bold on  the second page of this document, incorporates 
the results of the consultations that took place in this regard.        
 
 It is my intention to take up this issue in formally for any further comments and then propose 
it for possible formal adoption at the next regul ar meeting of the Committee in October 2009.  
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MINIMUM INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED UNDER ARTICLE 16.4  
OF THE AGREEMENT IN THE REPORTS ON ALL PRELIMINARY  
OR FINAL ANTI-DUMPING ACTIONS 
 
Adopted by the Committee on 25 October 2006
 
 
Revision  
 
 
 The following information shall be provided in respect of at least  the following actions:  
(1) initiations;  (2) preliminary determinations/provisi onal measures;  (3) final determinations/definitive 
measures.  Members shall be free to provide informati on on additional types of actions.  It is recognized 
that, depending on the nature of the action being report ed, not all information it ems may be relevant or 
available (e.g., at initiation, no injury determinatio n would yet have been made).  Thus, information 
shall be provided in respect of all information item s that are applicable to the action being reported. 
 1. Title of the public notice regarding the action. 
2. Date and place of publication. 
3. Investigation (Regulation) Number and othe r notices relating to the same investigation 
(e.g. for initiation, provisional measure). 
4. The period of investigation (dumping, injury). 
5. Date of the dumping determination. 
6. Margin(s) of dumping found and the basis of calculation. 
7. Date of the injury determination. 
8. Type of injury found (material injury, threat, material retardation). 
9. Where anti-dumping measures are imposed, the product (including customs classification), 
origin (country/customs territory/firm), rate of  duty and the effective date for each source of 
imports. 
10. Where an undertaking is involved, the product, country/customs territory/firm, and effective 
date of the undertaking. 
 
 Members are encouraged to attach, in an electronic form, publicly available 
document(s) containing the relevant decision(s) made by the investigating authority.  This 
document may be in the original language of the Members, even when the language is not one of 
the official languages of the WTO.  The docume nt will neither be translated nor circulated to 
the Committee, but will be made available by th e Secretariat to Members requesting it.    
  
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